Advisory Council
Kimberly Wilson, TEL 2002
Television News Producer
Award-winning Television News Producer, Kimberly Wilson is a 2002 University of Florida graduate. Kimberly began her career in Television News as an assistant to Dan Rather at CBS News, New York. She then landed a position as Producer of The Morning Show at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. Her creative approach to local morning news helped catapult WJXT’s ‘The Morning Show’ to its spot as the number one local morning news show in Jacksonville. This success resulted in her promotion to Executive Producer of News at WJXT-TV. During her time as Executive Producer, Kimberly brought fresh ideas and successful promotional campaigns to WJXT, which remained number one in the market under her leadership. While at WJXT, Kimberly was also one of the lead Special Project Producers. Kimberly spearheaded the station’s annual coverage of the River Run, Various Gator Sporting Events, Jaguar Pre-Game Specials, Super Bowl Coverage, Breaking News Coverage and the station’s Election Specials for which she won an Associated Press Award. She has also spent some time in-front of the camera as a freelance reporter and spokesperson. Kimberly has served as a member of the University of Florida’s Advisory Council to the College of Journalism since 2004 and recently spent a semester as an Adjunct Professor.
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